St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-19

many of their amendments Important:
it was time the principle of compromise
was adopted. Mr.. O'Dougherty opposed
the gross injustice of the amendment.
He said that large number of persons
who had converted lands adjacent to
towns included in the commons amends
ment from bog and heather would be de-
prived of their rights under the act of
1881. Sir William Vernon Harc0urt
tance of the subject, asserting that there
He read letters in the Irish Herald
showing the tenant right end of
the question, and said it was high
time the Irish demanded home rule
when they found among their present.
rulers such ignorance of the elementary
principles upon which they held land.
Mr.. GOschen made speech supporting
the government. Timothy Healy ridf,
culed the amendment. He said that
Irish towns were decaying so rapidly
that it was mockery to call them towns.
A number OF persons equal to the pOpu-
latiOn of Birmingham emigrated from
park" was dodge to enable landlords
to evade the fixing of fair rent. Mr..
Dillon condemned the amendment and
demanded that town land tenants have
fair rent fixed. T. W. Russell agreed
with Mr.. BalfOur that town lands
were needed in some cases. On
the whole, he favored the fixing
of fair rents on such lands. Mrs
Mahoney opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Chamberlain blamed the gOverne
ment for changing front at the inStigal
tion of the house of lords. 1t was the
house of commons, he said, not the
oel fhot 10 off 70 fhor
interests of the community. Those in>
terests would best be served by the re.
tention of the clause as it left the house
of commons. Mr.. Balfour's motion to
accept the house of lords amendment
was carried, $50 to 164. Mr.. Healy
moved an amendment to empower the
court to fix fair rents on town park hold
ingS subject to the rights of re-entry by
landlords for the purpose of building
upon or otherwise improving such hOld1
ingS. He added that although the gova
ernment were somewhat in a ''fiX" they
either objected or did not object to the
fixing of fair rents for these holders.
Mr.. Balfour opposed Mr.. Healy's
the guiSe of revision it would, by the
application of clause of the land act,
as suggested, give practical perpetuity
of tenure to those not necessarily inhab.
itantS of the adjacent town, thus injur.
ing the towns inhabitants. Sir William
Vernon Harcourt said that the governs
ment was evidently being driven from
pillar to post. They had abandoned one
argument after another. The last
argument was the weakest of all.
Mr.. Smith said that the amendment
was mere revival, in another form Of
the question just settled. He thereupOn
moved clOture, under which motion the
amendment was negatived-212 to 166.
house of lords amendments were res
jected. Mr.. Gibson, attorney general
for Ireland, moved that the house cOns
firm Earl CadOgan'S amendment, which
provides that the revision of rents bd
based upon the differences in prices id
1887 as compared with prices from 1881
to 1885.
MIR. PARNELL
said it was obviously too late to discusS
so important a question. The amends
ment would deprive the bill of moro
than half its value. Rather than accept
such a concession to tenants he would
prefer that the bill be dropped alto
gether. Parnellite cheers. The gOW
ernment could not Justify themselves
for flying in the face of their own
declaration and the report of tha
COwper commission. The fact was that
the government was moved to adopt tho
proposal in the house of lords by tha
fact that certain UniOnists had left
town. giving them free hand in tha
house of commons. Such conduct was
contemplate. They might withdraw
the whole bill If they liked, and leave
the tenants to fight the matter theme
selves. The tenants would not get
the worst of it because they were cera
tain to get better bill within a
their bill would break down. Tenants
were disappointed in parliament and
would look to other methods of redress
outside the law and constitution, which
were in the long run the only arguments
parliament ever recognized. Loud Op-
position cheers. He hoped this would
be the last occasion they would even
have power to afford such proof
[Cheers. Mr.. BalfOur character.
lied Mr.. Parnell's reflections upon
the governments motives as unworthy
to the leader of any party. He said
that the bill had moved to such posi-
ton; that they must either retreat ens
tirely or agree to the CadOgan amenda
even Mr.. Parnell admitted that tho
amendment would afford some reduc4
ton: and yet, protesting to speak in the
tenants interests, he pretended that he
would look with equanimity upon the
withdrawal of the bill, thus laying
himself open to the darkest SuspiciOnss
His language would afford those anX-
ious to promote disorder in Ireland the
strongest justification for their action.
T. w. Russell regretted that section
of the UniOnists supported the govern
ment in what he describrd as 'a dear
nights work." Mr.. Healy contended
that the debate ought to be adjourned.
He said that they had understood that
the government would disagree with
the lords amendments, and, therefore,
they had no amendments prepared.
He believed that this would be one of
the worst years since 1S47 for the Irish
tenant farmers, and under the circum-
stances he would vote for the rejection
of the bill. He hoped the debate would
be adjourned. Mr.. Smith said there had
been six days in which the amendments
could have been considered. He re,
fused to consent to the adjournment Of
the debate or to ask the house to imme-
diately dispose of the house of lordsa
amendment. Mr.. Smith moved cloture,
which was carried-224 to 155. The
CadOgan amendment was adopted-215
to 161.
Russia's Attitude.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1S.-The Mos
cow Gazette urges the Russian govern
ment to act with vigor in regard to Bul-
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